Bloomers



E. M. LAPPORTE BLOOMERS Aug. 4, 1925. 11,548,534

Filed Feb. 11, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet l Aug.4,1925. 11,548,534

E. M. LAPPORTE Y BLOOMERS meareb. 11', 1925 a sheets-sheet 2 I Jzae/ZOl/"x y EDWARD`M. LPOR'IW, E0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BILOOM 1':

Application led `February To all whom t may concer/n.:

Be it known that I, EDWARD M. LAP- y PORTE, citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago/in the county of Cook'and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bloomers; and I do hereby declare the following to be affull,

. use the same.

'crotch or in other portions of the garment where their presence might cause discomfort. It also aims to provide a rear opening and closing construction which will effectively afford a closed crotch either with or 'without the use of fastening means, such as a button. Furthermore,- my in- 'ventio-n provides a construction which will readily lend itself to the use of elastic bands both at the waist and at the lower ends of' the leg portions, and one which can beconstructed advantageously from only three main portions.

Still further'andI also more detailed objects will appear from the following specificatio-nand from the accompanying drawings, in which or the finished Fig. 1 is -a somewhat flattened front view arment. Fig. 2 is a similar rear view, with portions of the back member clit away.

Fig. 3 is `a horizontal section taken through Fig. 2 along the line 3 3.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is| a perspective view showing the along garment as it appears when in use.

Fig. 6 `is a perspective view drawn on a larger scale than Fig. v5, with a portion of the flap turned back.'

Fig. 7 `is a view showing the shapes of desirable patterns for three. main Iportions of the garment and also indicating which vportions of the upper parts are adjoined.

In constructin a garment after the manl ner of the drawings, I employthree main n cloth 11, 1925. Serial Illo. 8,3517.

portions which may be cut from patterns shaped as shown in Fig. 6, although I do not wish, to be limited to the particular cut of these patterns as there shown. The

portions cut according to these patterns include two leg members 1 and 2 which haye oppositely directed upper lateral edgesc 3 and 4c adapted to be secured to each other along a vertical seam 5 extending downwardly at the front of the garment for so-me distancefrom the waistline.l Each of these leg members also has adjacent to' its lower end a -pair of oppositely directed edgev po-rtions adapted to be secured to each other along a vertical seam 5 so as to constitute a tubular leg-inclosing portion which has its seam disposed along the inside of the leg. 'These adjoined lateral edge portions are the edges 6 and 7 in the part 1 and the edges 8 and 9 in the part 2. In practice, I desirably introduce elastics at the lower end of each of these leg `portions and also along the waist or adjacent to the initial top of the parts 1 and 2, although I do no-t wish to'be limited to the use of elasticmeans for securing any part of my present garment in position.

Interposedjbetween the upper portions of the parts l and 2 at the rear of the garment is a back member 10 which has an upper'edge po-rtion 11 cooperating with the upper edge portions 12 and 13 of the parts 1 and 2 in affording the upper or waist end of the garment. This back member 10 widens downwardly and is permanently secured along one of its lateral edges to the adjacent lateral edge of the upperportion of one of the leg parts, but is secured tothe other leg part only adjacent to the waist and along the inner side of the lower tubular portion of that leg part. Furthermore,

the lateral edge of the upper leg part to .which the back part is permanently secured.

is desirably recessed after the manner shown at the edge 111 of the part 1 and the lateral edge 15 of the back part as secured thereto is correspondin 1y convened, all as shown in Fig. 7. T e opposite lateraledge 16 of the back part may be substantially straight as shown in Fig. 7 and this edge overlaps the adjacent (or rearwardly lateral) edge of the leg part 2 to a considerable extent, thereby forming, an e'ective closure for the garment' when in use. This closure may be made all the more e'ective by lll@ is curved so as to afford a downwardlykv convexed bottom edge 20 in the cloth part as' originally out, but this bottom is recurved on itself and turned upwardly at the front of the garment where it is securedto lateral edge portions of'parts 1 and 2 along the edges of opposed recesses 21 and 22. The back part 10 isy cut of a considerably greater width than the 'spacing between the edges 14 and 17 when the garment is in use,

thereby producing a considerable fullness both at the rear of the garment and also in the lower recurved portionl of this back part.

Furthermore, the leg part 2 which is overlapped ina largely unsecured manner by the edge 16 of the back part desirably has adjacent to its lower leg edge 8 a sharply tapering projection 23 directed towards the companion leg part. This projection has its initially lower edge secured to. the upward extension o f the seam acljoining the edge portions 8 and 9 ofthe partv 2, or along the juncture of the adjacent end of the edge with the upper part of the said edge 8r. By providing this pointed extension, and securingit in the manner described, I secure an additional fullness at j the rear of the corresponding leg, thereby lincreasing the comfort of the garment and the readiness with which it may be manipulated. Since the front seam extends only part way down from the waist to the normal bottom of the back member, andwsince the leg members are formed to aford an increasing fullness as they extend upwardly, the seams of the garment will not be disposed'where they would afford discomfort, and it will be noted that there are no .seams in the crotch. s Moreover, since the righthandpor tion of'V the back part overlaps the part 2 to a considerable'extent, `gapping is prevented means, such as the button 18 .and the buttonthe back section.

2. A pair of bloomers in accordance with,v

even if no button is provided` for enhancing the closure effect.

However, while I have illustratedthe garment-as having its main parts constructed from portions having certain highly desirable shapes and proportions, I do not wish to be limited to these, as many changes might obviously be made in thesame. For

example, the part of thev garment which I have termed the backv part may be secured to the leg part 2. along its entire edge 16, so

of leg sections having connected front side edges, and having spaced rear side edgesa back section extending downwardly from the top edges of the leg sections and connected along one side edge to the rear side edge of one leg section, and having the central part of its other side edge free and connected at the top thereof tothe other leg section, the lower part of the back section being curved upwardly to form a crotch. and being connected to the adjacent parts of the leg sections, the rear lside edge of the said other leg section having an upwardly extending extension which is connected to the adjacent parts 'of the front, to rovide fullness, the lower end of the'free side edge ofthe back section being connected at the line of juncture between the rear side edge of the adjacentleg section and the adjacentpartof claim l and wherein the lower end of the free side edge of the 'backy section extends for a distance below the extension and wherein the said free side of the back section overlaps the extension and its connec tion to conceal each of the latter.

I'zo 1. A pair 'of bloomers composed of a pair Signed at Chicago, Illinois, February 7,` 

